Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλύρα

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλύρα

Sense

  1. the lime or linden tree

Examples

  • ἐκφαυλίζων δὲ καὶ Ἔφιπποσ τοὺσ μικροὺσ τῶν ἰχθύων ἐν Φιλύρᾳ φησί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 57 3:6)
  • "φύλλον δὲ ὅμοιον ἔχει τῷ τῆσ μεσπίλησ, σκληρὸν δὲ καὶ πλατύτερον, φλοιὸν δ’ ὅμοιον φιλύρᾳ, ἄνθοσ δὲ λευκόν, ἀπίῳ καὶ μεσπίλῃ ὅμοιον, ἐκ μικρῶν ἀνθῶν συγκείμενον, κηριῶδεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 344)
  • "Φιλύρα γέ τοι ἐπαύσατο πορνευομένη ἔτι νέα οὖσα καὶ Σκιώνη καὶ Ἱππάφεσισ καὶ Θεόκλεια καὶ Ψαμάθη καὶ Λαγίσκα καὶ Ἄνθεια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 512)
  • "Φιλύρα γέ τοι ἐπαύσατο πορνευομένη ἔτι νέα οὖσα καὶ Σκιώνη καὶ Ἱππάφεσισ καὶ Θεόκλεια καὶ Ψαμάθη καὶ Λαγίσκα καὶ Ἄνθεια καὶ Ἀριστόκλεια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 62 3:2)
  • Ἔφιπποσ δ’ ὁ κωμῳδιοποιὸσ ἐν Φιλύρᾳ δράματι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 26 3:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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